I'm currently working on priming my Blood Bowl teams. Due to living in what many call a "frozen hellscape" I haven't really felt confident in using a rattlecan primer: I'm worried that I may end up with dusting or some other undesired result. And I've been too stingy to get myself an airbrush. Plus I don't really have the space to use either of these two methods.
Instead I've been using Vallejo's Acrylic Polyurethane White Primer. It's the fairly runny one that comes in a big bottle. I think it has the consistency it has to be directly usable in an airbrush. In my case, though, I've been brushing it on.
However, I've run into a problem. The method I use is to water down the primer further and slather it on fairly liberally and messily. The goal is, after all, to cover the whole model. The problem is that I have noticed that the primer dries with bubbles in some of the recesses, leaving fairly unsightly (if you know where to look) holes. And this is after I've looked over the figure and sucked up excess primer from various recesses and surfaces.
Does anybody have any good advice on priming with a brush? Should I be using some extra product, like a flow enhancer or something like that to minimize the creation of bubbles?
And while we're at it: any good advice on using a rattlecan? I have quite a few figures to prime and brush priming feels like it will eat too much precious painting time.
Any and all advice welcome.